Program Associate, Strategic Impact Evaluation and Learning (SIEL)

ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAMME BACKGROUND

Innovations for Poverty Action is a research and policy nonprofit that develops and promotes evidence-based solutions to global poverty. The Strategic Impact Evaluation and Learning programme is a six-year partnership involving FCDO, IPA and J-PAL. It supports evidence generation and learning across growth, humanitarian assistance, climate and nature, and conflict and fragility.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Program Associate will support the SIEL Program Lead with research-fund coordination, grant management, project development, communications, policy engagement and programme administration.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

RESEARCH-FUND COORDINATION

• Coordinate competitive funding processes and draft calls for proposals.
• Communicate with FCDO teams and researchers.
• Manage proposal-review processes and support grant agreements.
• Track grants, deliverables and project progress.
• Maintain accurate Salesforce records.
• Support donor-compliant grant reporting.
• Contribute to initial proposal review and filtering.

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

• Support outreach and proposal development with FCDO teams.
• Coordinate with IPA research, grants, legal, finance and operations teams.
• Match FCDO teams with researchers and IPA or J-PAL country offices.
• Support relationship management and development of new research proposals.

COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

• Prepare dissemination, training and capacity-strengthening materials.
• Update project summaries and support events.
• Support financial monitoring and programme administration.
• Contribute to diversity, equity and inclusion tracking.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Political Science, Public Policy or a related field.
• At least two years of experience in project management, research management, research-fund management or research dissemination.
• Strong project-management, writing, communication and stakeholder-engagement skills.
• Master’s degree, impact-evaluation knowledge, policy-brief writing, Excel and Salesforce experience are preferred.
• Knowledge of humanitarian assistance, climate, growth, conflict or fragility is an advantage.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

CONTRACT DETAILS

• Preferred locations include Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Uganda.
• Reports to: Program Lead, SIEL.
• Travel: No travel requirement specified.
• Salary: Location-based. The stated US range of USD 53,000–69,000 does not apply automatically to Nigeria; Nigerian compensation follows IPA’s local scale.
• Employment type and contract duration: Not specified.

SAFEGUARDING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

IPA is committed to a safe and respectful environment, particularly for children and vulnerable adults. Selected candidates must comply with IPA safeguarding standards and ethical-conduct requirements.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Apply through IPA’s official ADP recruitment system before 15 August 2026. IPA does not charge recruitment fees and authentic recruitment correspondence uses the poverty-action.org domain.